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average wage (1) | The reference is to the average wage according to the National Insurance Law. It is calculated according to a method determined in the Law, on January 1st of every year, and afterwards each time that a compensation is paid. |
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basic amount (2) | The amount according to which most of the benefits are calculated as of January 1, 2006. The basic amount is adjusted on January 1st of every year at the rate of the previous year’s rise in the Consumer Price Index. |
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basic amount 1 (3) | Calculation of grant following decease, Bar-Mitzvah grant, long-term care benefit, general disability pension, mobility benefits, maternity grant, maternity allowance, work injury benefits, accident injury allowance, volunteers’ benefit. |
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basic amount 3 (5) | Other benefits, calculation of maximum income, for purposes of collection of contributions |
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benefit (17) | Any cash benefit, or cash-equivalent benefit, provided by the National Insurance Institute (under the National Insurance Law) |
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child (14) | The son or daughter of an insured person (including foster child, adopted child and grandchild supported entirely by the insured person, except for a married child) who meets one of the following conditions: *up to age 18; *if completing his studies at a post-elementary educational institution or studying in a framework to complete matriculation exams, or having a learning disability and studying in a framework recognized by the NII– up to age 20; *if in a pre-army IDF framework – up to age 20;* if a volunteer in a framework of public service for up to 12 months and his army service is deferred due to this volunteering – up to age 21; *if serving compulsory service in the IDF – up to age 24; *if serving in the voluntary National Service – up to age 24;*if studying in an "atuda" framework and deferring army service due to studies – up to age 24. |
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close company (153) | A company controlled by 5 people at the most A couple or members of one family who hold a share of the company’s stock, no matter what share, join their stock together. |
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compensation (7) | Payment of Cost-of-Living Increment calculated according to the Index, or payment of an advance on the Cost-of-Living Increment, or payment of compensation to employed workers for rise in prices. |
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constant prices
(162) | A valuation expressed at the prices prevailing during a fixed reference or base period.
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current prices (161) | A valuation expressed at prices prevailing during the period being referred to.
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hourly wage (11) | The minimum hourly wage is 1/186 of the monthly minimum, or 18.58 New Israel Shekels. |
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Israeli resident (12) | A person whose life is centered in Israel. Among the criteria for determining residence in this context: permanent place of residence, place at which the family is staying, place of the children's education, main place of work, place of learning. |
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legal aid (130) | Assistance in all matters concerning the National Insurance Law or any other law under which the National Insurance Institute makes payments. |
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retirement age (15) | The age at which you will be entitled to the old-age pension, on condition that your income from work and from other sources does not exceed a certain amount. Income from work pension is not taken into account. This age is not uniform for everybody; it is determined in accordance with gender and date of birth. |
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secret code (134) | Enables the maintenance of secrecy and the right to privacy. This is a personal card upon which a four-digit code is engraved. By means of this code you can receive personal services at any self-service stand, as well as at the national phone center and by phone with your local NII branch. In this way the National Insurance Institute ensures that the information it provides will reach only the person who is authorized to receive it. |
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sole-parent (13) | A widow/widower, divorced person or single person who has custody of a child/children up to age 18 living with him and he does not live with a common-law spouse. Also, a person separated from spouse, under certain conditions. |
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גמלה מופחתת (136) | בהתאם לחוקי ההסדרים השונים, מופחתת הקצבה בין יולי 2002 לדצמבר 2006 בשיעור של 4%. הסכומים הנקובים כאן מופיעים לאחר הפחתה זו. ההפחתה נעשית מהתשלום לאחר חישוב הגמלה המגיעה.
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